20 Di^ I. ^' BALTOUtt OX TnE 



^HaL In littore crescit. In insula Frigate frequenter, scd in Rodriguez 

 rarius invenitur. Nom. vulg. Bois Mapou. 



The bristly fruit completely filled by the seed, amongst other 

 characters^ distinguishes this from F. ovalifoUa, DC. Prod, xiii, 2, 

 441, a Mauritian species, of which probably P. lanceoJ<ita, DC. 

 Prod, xiih 2, 442, is a variety. 



Amakakthace^, 



iERUA coxGESTA, Balf.fiL, sp.nov. 



Herba perennis, dense csespitosa, ramosissixna, pulvinata, ramis firmis, 

 lignosis, humifusis ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, obovato-spathulatis, 

 obtusis V. acutis, subcoriaceisj glabris, junioribus subtus pilosis ; 

 spicis in axiUis villosis foliorum superiorum sessilibus, solitariis, ob- 

 longis V. subrotundatis erectis ; bracteolis deltoideis perianthio brevi- 

 oribus, glabrls ; perianthii segnientis oblongo-lanceolatis uninerviis, 

 exterioribus duobus latioribus pilosiusculis, interioribus tribus an- 

 gustioribus denseque pilosis ; staminodiis minutissimis, antheris ro- 

 tundatis ; utriculo compresso suborbiculari glabro ; semine insequali- 

 ter reniformi, minute tuberculato, margine obtuse. 



JIab. In terra calcarea solum crescit. 



A very distinct species, unlike any other Mascareue. 



Ueticaceje. 



+ 



PiLEA Balfourii, Baker, FL Maur. et Seych, p. 276. 



Herba parvula monoica perennis glaberrima, caule brevi 4-gono, basi 

 caespitose ramoso, ramis patentibus oppositis exsiccatis cystolithiferis ; 

 stipulis deltoideis minutissimis ; foliis oblanceolato-rhomboideis acutis 

 v.acuminatisjbasi cuneatis, superne alte inciso-crenatis,inferne integris 

 triplinerviis, nervis usque ad apicem productis, lamina exsiccata mem- 

 branacea, paginis utrisquecystolithis linearibus suffultis; cymis paten- 

 tibus, multifloris^breviter pednnculatis, axillaribus, petiole brevioribus ; 

 floribus breviter pedicellatis; cJ perianthio bilobato, lobis concavis. 



subcucuUatis, acutis; $ achaeniis Isevibus, acute margiuatis, compres- 

 sis, ovoideis, vix segmentum intermedium perigonii superantibus. 

 Hab. in locis humidis umbrosisque in vallibus prope fontesfluminuni. 



Distinguished from the nearly allied Mauritian F. cuneiformts, 

 Wedd. (DC. Prod, xvi, 133), by the habit, spreading inflores- 

 cence, and long petiolate leaves. 



PlPERACE^. 



Peperomia hirta, Balf,JiL, sp. nov. 



Herba repens, pilosus^ caule siraplici v, ramose e nodis radicante ; foliis 

 oppositis petiolatis ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis v. obovatis, 5-nerviis, 



